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Lepidomeda mollispinis Miller & Hubbs, 1960

Virgin spinedace
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Common names: Virgin spinedace
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Regulations: protected | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Virgin River system in Utah, Nevada and Arizona. Generally common but reduced in streams subjected to impoundment and channelization. Two subspecies were recognized: as Lepidomeda mollispinis mollispinis and Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis (protected as a threatened subspecies) (Ref. 86798). Also Ref. 5723. Status of threat as Lepidomeda mollispinis mollispinis: threatened; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,4 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/). Also as Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis: endangered; status same as 1989. Criteria: 1,4,5 (http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/afs/) (Ref. 81264).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 2011
National Database:

Common names from other countries

软刺鱥, Neitsijõe ogateibik, Trněnka měkkotrnná, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Plagopterinae
Etymology: Lepidomeda: Greek, lepis, -idos = scale + Greek, meda = feminine genitals.
  More on authors: Miller & Hubbs.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Temperate; 39°N - 37°N

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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